Payload is an open-source, TypeScript-first headless CMS for Next.js with an extensible admin UI, auth, drafts, access control, and APIs for building fullstack apps.

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Git‑backed headless CMS with an in‑context visual editor and hosted content APIs. Tina Cloud provides authentication, collaboration features, and Git-based content storage and delivery for Jamstack/static sites, enabling editors to manage site content without direct repository edits.
Payload is an open-source, TypeScript-first headless CMS for Next.js with an extensible admin UI, auth, drafts, access control, and APIs for building fullstack apps.

44.4k stars4.1k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
Directus turns any SQL database into a headless CMS with an admin app, role-based access control, and instant REST and GraphQL APIs for custom applications.

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KeystoneJS is an open-source headless CMS and application framework for Node.js that uses TypeScript, Prisma, GraphQL and React to provide customizable schemas, an Admin UI and generated APIs.
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Squidex is an open-source headless CMS and content hub with REST and GraphQL APIs, workflows, versioning, and integrations for delivering content to any app or site.

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Localess is a translation management tool and headless CMS built with Angular and Firebase, offering AI-assisted translations, schema-driven content, real-time editing, CDN caching, and API integration.

73 stars19 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 5 of 5 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: MIT. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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